To the GOP: 'No one wants to be a loser'

Published 1:40 pm, Thursday, February 6, 2014

The last time U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (he who ran as Romney's V.P.) presented a budget proposal, the Catholic nuns descended on Washington in protest. This man who reveled in support of tax cuts for the rich had the cold-hearted, mean spirited gall to cut food stamps.

This man's Republican Party is the same one that refused to extend unemployment benefits unless the tax cuts for the rich were maintained.

These right-wingers talk about compassion, but dish out hate. They have no, zero, empathy for people who have had sickness, accident, unemployment or other bad luck. Some of them even believe that most are deadbeats who refuse to get a job.

They haven't the common sense to know that no one wants to be a loser, that a man defines himself largely by his work.

There are Republicans who subscribe to Judeo-Christian values, but they have seen the party lose control to those whom Senator John McCain describes as "wackos."

Whereas the Pope praises Obamacare, they demean it. Whereas the Bible repeatedly calls for aiding the sick and disabled, the GOP resents them. I'm now reading about Neitche, Hegel, and their protege Hitler. They of course cursed the weak and sought policies that would create a master race of supermen.

There's no doubt in my mind that these hypocrites would repent and change their mindsets if someone they loved became disadvantaged. They would be out there screaming for a stronger and wider safety net.

And another foolish talking point in their playbook is that Obama has one out of five people on some kind of government relief. He inherited the near economic depression from eight years of Republican negligence.